Tag: Mike Gee
[MUSIC: Interview] Underground Lovers
Underground Lovers
Wonderful Things
By Mike Gee
Twenty years ago, Underground Lovers won the 1991 ARIA for Best New Artist, and in October of last year their second album, 1992’s Leave Me Blind, was named as the 54th greatest Australian album of all time, in John O’Donnell, Toby Creswell and Craig Mathieson’s book 100 Best Australian Albums.
It was [...]
Posted: November 21st, 2011 under Brag 438 (November 14), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Mike Gee, The Brag, Underground Lovers, Wonderful Things: Retrospective
[MUSIC: Interview] Bachelorette
Bachelorette
Finding Home
By Mike Gee
For Annabel Alpers, the end of touring her self-titled third album marks the end of the solo artist known as Bachelorette. For the New Zealander, who now lives in New York, it will be a stop after seven years, over which time her lovely, multi-layered, electronic psychedelic ‘60s/girl group pop has drawn [...]
Posted: October 24th, 2011 under Brag 434 (October 17), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Bachelorette, Mike Gee, The Brag
[MUSIC: Interview] Glenn Richards
Glenn Richards
Fighting The Fatigue
By Mike Gee
Glenn Richards moved to Hobart earlier this year, to escape the hustle and bustle of Melbourne for something a little more laid-back. And the time away has done him good; the Augie March singer is ready to hit the road with buddies Dan Luscombe and Mike Noga from The Drones, [...]
Posted: September 19th, 2011 under Brag 429 ( September 12), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Glenn Richards, Mike Gee, The Brag
Interview: Bachelor Girl
Bachelor Girl
Pop’s Not Dead
By Mike Gee
‘They don’t make pop music like they used’ may be a massive generalisation, but at its heart lies the truth: pop’s blood has been slowly thinning since the 1960s. It might just be that classic pop music is irrelevant in an age of DIY, when record companies can no longer [...]
Posted: June 6th, 2011 under Brag 414 (May 30), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Bachelor Girl, Mike Gee, The Brag
Interview: Jeff Martin 777
Jeff Martin 777
After The Party
By Mike Gee
At 41, Jeff Martin is having one of the best years of his life. Now based in Perth with his wife and son, the expat-Canadian has also set up Yo-Yo, his own studio. It’s there where his latest group 777 (featuring Sleepy Jackson drummer Malcolm Clarke, and Martin’s former [...]
Posted: May 9th, 2011 under Brag 410 (May 2), Interviews, Music.
Tags: Jeff Martin 777, Mike Gee, The Brag